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BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS  CONDUCTED A DAY-LONG PROGRAMME AT FOUR PROMINENT ENGINEERING COLLEGES IN CHENNAI AS A PART OF WORLD STANDARDS DAY CELEBRATION
Bureau of Indian Standards, the National Standards Body of India is a statutory body functioning under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India. It operates various schemes like Product Certification , Management Systems Certification, Hall Marking of Gold and Silver Jewellery/Artefacts and Laboratory Services for the benefit of the industry and in turn aiming at consumer protection.
Bureau of Indian Standards , like every year, will be celebrating World Standards Day on 14 October 2023 to acknowledge the collaborative efforts of the thousands of experts involved worldwide in standardization and ruminate on the future path. The theme of World Standards day 2023 is “Shared Vision for Better World Incorporating Sustainable Development Goal for Good Health and Well-Being”.
Every Year World Standards Day is being Celebrated on 14 October . As a beginning of World Standards day celebrations, day-long programmes have been organised by Bureau of Indian Standards in 6 premier educational institutions in Tamilnadu during this week, which commenced on 4th Oct 2023.
Today, on 6th Oct 2023, the day-long programme was conducted at FOUR PROMINENT ENGINEERING COLLEGES IN CHENNAI namely
- Sri Sairam Engineering College & Institute Of Technology, Chennai,
- SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur,
- Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies, Pallavaram, Chennai, and
- Vellore Institute of Technology - VIT Chennai
Sri Sairam Engineering College & Institute Of Technology, Chennai : The day-long programme has been named as E-Standix, and events like Presentation on Standards, The Finders, Technical Quiz and Project Presentation were conducted based on the theme of World Standards day. Thiru. M V Robert, Managing Director, Workflow Automation, Ambattur Industrial Estate has graced the occasion as Chief Guest. 550 students comprising 185 teams of 3 students each from various departments of Sri Sairam Engineering College & Institute Of Technology, Chennai participated enthusiastically in the day-long programme.
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur : The day-long programme has been named as BUREAQUEST and events like Visionate , Trivia, Rebulid/Envision and BIS Battle were conducted based on the theme of World Standards day. Dr. Deepa Satyan IPS, Vandalur Police Academy has graced the occasion as Chief Guest. 255 students comprising 85 teams of 3 students each from various departments of SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur participated enthusiastically in the day-long programme.
Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies, Pallavaram, Chennai: The day-long programme has been named as QUALIFIX and events like Presentation on Standards, Mock Technical, Committee Meeting, Ad-Mad and Technical Quiz were conducted based on the theme of World Standards day. Mr. S.Thangapandian, Joint Controller of Patents and Designs, Patent Office Govt of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry has graced the occasion as Chief Guest. 159 students comprising 53 teams of 3 students each from various departments of Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies, Pallavaram, Chennai participated enthusiastically in the day-long programme.
Vellore Institute of Technology - VIT Chennai : The day-long programme has been named as TECHNOVIT and events like PPT Presentation, Poster Presentation, Ad-Mad, Standards Writing were conducted based on the theme of World Standards day. 44 students comprising 22 teams of 2 students each from various departments of Vellore Institute of Technology participated enthusiastically in the day-long programme.